Kenya has been left in shock after the killing of a senior lawyer in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in the capital Nairobi. Mathew Kyalo Mbobu, a respected lawyer and former head of a political parties’ dispute tribunal, was driving home on Tuesday evening when a gunman on a motorcycle pulled alongside his vehicle and opened fire. Witnesses on the Lang’ata/Magadi road reported hearing…
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A new study has found that while one in nine people globally live with diabetes, almost half don’t even know they have the disease. The study of data from more than 204 countries and territories between 2000 and 2023 found 44 per cent of people 15 years and older with diabetes are undiagnosed. “It is a very alarming number,” said Lauryn Stafford, lead author of the study at the Institute…
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East Africa’s “Great Migration” is generally estimated to involve as many as 1.3 million wildebeest. But in reality, fewer than 600,000 of the animals might move across the Serengeti Mara landscape each year, according to an AI analysis of satellite images. The Great Migration sees wildebeest, zebra and antelopes move between feeding and breeding grounds in Kenya and Tanzania…
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Triple Data Encryption Algorithm was used widely across many industries and in many popular network protocols to encrypt data at rest and data in motion. NIST deprecated the algorithm in 2018 and disallowed its use after 2023. The Data Encryption Standard algorithm on which Triple DES is based was first published in 1975. DES is a symmetric key block cipher. Symmetric key block ciphers…
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Emirmemedovski | E+ | Getty Images Even with the Federal Reserve on the sidelines, credit card rates are edging higher. In June, credit card interest rates rose for the third straight month, hitting the highest level since December, according to a recent report by LendingTree. Now, the average annual percentage rate is just over 20%, according to Bankrate. For new cards…
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CNBC’s Inside Alts covers the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and venture capital. CNBC Wealth Editor Robert Frank speaks exclusively with Apollo Global CEO Marc Rowan. The two discuss why Rowan thinks traditional investing is broken, Apollo’s explosive growth, guaranteed lifetime income, how private credit represents a multi…
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Lisa Cook takes the oath of office to serve as a member of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve System during a ceremony at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building of the Federal Reserve May 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images A judge on Tuesday night blocked President Donald Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as a lawsuit challenging…
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By nature, twins have an unbreakable bond. It was no surprise Connie Claeys and Cortney Drover did everything together: Growing up in Saskatchewan, moving to Alberta and even working at the same place. The pair of identical twins have experienced life through a similar lens. In their late 20s, they faced their biggest challenge yet — side by side. “I’m actually the oldest twin by five…
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Nintendo has announced that it will be attending the Japan Matsuri festival in London with a special Pikmin booth. Japan Matsuri, which calls itself “the ***’s much-loved and biggest annual festival of Japanese culture and food”, takes place in Trafalgar Square on September 21 from 10am to 8pm. The event will be home to numerous stalls celebrating Japanese culture, and this year Nintendo says…
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Helovi | E+ | Getty Images Americans are feeling more optimistic when it comes to retirement. Just 21% Americans surveyed by Natixis Investment Managers said it will “take a miracle” to have a secure retirement, down almost half from 41% who said the same in 2021. Part of that confidence stems from the S&P 500 index’s two consecutive years of returns exceeding 20%
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum that aims to crack down on direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads…
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An Israeli-Russian researcher has been released after “being tortured for many months” by her Iraqi militia abductors, US President Donald Trump has announced. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “I am pleased to report that Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton student, whose sister is an American citizen, was just released by Kataib Hezbollah, and is now safely in the American embassy in Iraq”.
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Archaeologists have unearthed Albania’s first monumental Roman burial chamber, dating from the 3rd to 4th century AD, including revelatory discoveries that challenge our understanding of Roman influence in the Balkans. The tomb contains bilingual inscriptions and luxurious grave goods, representing the wealthiest burial ever found in the region indicating this is the tomb of a very important…
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A new study has found that while one in nine people globally live with diabetes, almost half don’t even know they have the disease. The study of data from more than 204 countries and territories between 2000 and 2023 found 44 per cent of people 15 years and older with diabetes are undiagnosed. “It is a very alarming number,” said Lauryn Stafford, lead author of the study at the Institute…
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East Africa’s “Great Migration” is generally estimated to involve as many as 1.3 million wildebeest. But in reality, fewer than 600,000 of the animals might move across the Serengeti Mara landscape each year, according to an AI analysis of satellite images. The Great Migration sees wildebeest, zebra and antelopes move between feeding and breeding grounds in Kenya and Tanzania…
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Financial stocks could be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy pivot, according to Lauren Goodwin, chief marketing strategist at New York Life Investments. With the Fed expected to cut rates starting next week, Goodwin says it could be a friendlier environment for banks and financial services firms as the yield curve steepens. Meanwhile…
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Many of New York Times Cooking’s most-loved recipes come from home kitchens, but just as many are created in restaurant kitchens, where technical skill, high-quality ingredients and ingenuity work together in harmony. In addition to the original dishes that our recipe developers and columnists create, restaurants often generously share their recipes with us, which we then adapt for home cooks.
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The Davis Cup World Group I tie between Canada and Israel will be played in a closed venue in Halifax — without fans in attendance — because of “escalating safety concerns.” Tennis Canada said Tuesday that the decision, which was made in consultation with the International Tennis Federation, was “not taken lightly.” “Intelligence received from local authorities and national security…
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The Archaeological Museum in Gdansk has publicly presented an extraordinary 2,600-year-old house urn for the first time, marking a significant milestone in Polish archaeology. This remarkable Early Iron Age artifact, discovered in 2023 during rescue excavations in Bożepole Wielkie, represents only the fourth house urn found in Poland since World War II, making it an exceptionally rare and valuable…
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BT Group is doubling down on its cloud-led digital transformation efforts with Amazon Web Services (AWS) by signing another five-year strategic agreement with the public cloud giant. The agreement is in support of BT Group’s Build, Connect and Accelerate strategy, which is geared towards positioning the company as the ***’s “most trusted connector”. As detailed in BT Group’s strategy document…
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I see ETF investors obsessing over backtests and optimization every day. Constantly fiddling with sector tilts, trying to recreate hedge fund-style factor exposure, or min-maxing their portfolio’s Sharpe ratio to the second decimal place. But then they go and park their emergency fund in a Chase savings account paying 1% or less. That’s just leaving money on the table. There’s no shortage of…
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Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,200-year-old Roman helmet during an underwater survey near the Aegadian Islands, off the western coast of Sicily. The rare find is linked to the First Punic War, fought between 264 and 241 BC, when Rome and Carthage battled for dominance in the western Mediterranean. Experts believe the helmet is connected to the Battle of the Aegates…
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